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Falls Among the Elderly in Peruvian Andean Communities and the Rural far South of Brazil: Prevalence and Associated Factors.

Falls are the fifth leading cause of death and are one of the main causes of hospitalization. The literature about falls prevalence among older adults living in rural/remote communities in South America is scarce. To compare falls prevalence among the elderly in the Andes, Peru, and in the rural are...

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Publicado en:Journal of Community Health Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 363 - 370
Autores principales: Meucci, Rodrigo D., Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M., Parodi, José F., de Mola, Christian Loret
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2020
Materias:
Peru
Brazil
South America
Rural conditions
Cross-sectional method
Self-evaluation
Health status indicators
Alcohol drinking
Marital status
Divorce
Old age
Andeans (South American people)
Regression analysis
Risk assessment
Accidental falls
Chi-squared test
Disease prevalence
Poisson distribution
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